Lesson Plan
Teacher: Sarah Opbroek Class: Language Arts/ Grade 7 Date: March 2, 2009

Goals/Objectives:
The students will:
1) Be able to write a short narrative using the picture given
2) Use describing words to tell a story more thoroughly
3) Know the characteristivs of narrative writing

Rationale: This lesson is important in establishing the thought process and imagination of narrative stories. Through this lesson students can use pictures as a way to imagine a scene and write about it. Using this sort of process helps the student to place on paper and in words, what they imagine in their mind.
Procedure:
Activity 1: (introduction)
-What is a narrative? (have students brainstorm what they believe to be a narrative)
tells a story (point of view)
follows some sort of order of events
beginning, middle, and end
has a PLOT, CHARACERS, SETTING
uses description/diaogue to tell the story
-“show events”, don’t just tell about them
Activity 2: (picture)
-hand out picture
-as a class, brainstorm ideas about the picture (what is going on? what details of the painting are important?, who are the characters?)
-Place describing words/thoughts about picture under heading placed on board (Character, Setting, Situation, Vocabulary)
Activity 3:
-review what narratives are and what they need
-pass out “checklist”

Materials: picture
Classroom supplies (paper, pencil, etc)
Assessment: Look for: -editing problems
-describing words that help tell the story
-structures of a narrative
(beginning, middle, end; plot, character, setting)